The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said intense rainfall is likely over eastern, western, and central parts of India till August 1 and issued a red alert for heavy rain in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand on Friday. Several districts in Jharkhand, including the capital Ranchi, have been receiving heavy rainfall since Friday morning. Normal life is likely to remain affected for the next 24 hours as the weather department has predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several parts of the state.
While no untoward incident has been reported as yet, the weather department has issued a red alert—-isolated heavy to extremely heavy rainfall—-for almost two-thirds of the 24 districts in the state.
“The current spell of rain in the state is due to the low-pressure system that has built up over the Bay of Bengal. Currently, its impact is being felt largely across the northeastern and central districts of the state. It is likely to remain so over the next 24 hours. Gradually, the system will move towards the northern and the northwestern parts of the state before shifting over Bihar,” said Abhishek Anand, director in-charge, meteorological department, Jharkhand.
A few districts in the northern and central areas, including Koderma, Dhanbad, Jamtara, and Lohardaga, received more rainfall than the rest of the state, ranging from 22% to 52% above the normal in the past 24 hours. The weekly outlook for the state shows the spell of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is expected to continue for around a week in several parts of the state.
“During the week (July 30 to August 5), rainfall is likely to remain fairly widespread. Isolated heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is also likely to occur during the first half of the week. Cumulatively, large excess rainfall occurrence is predicted in this week,” said Anand.
